The displays feature Daktronics time-tested 10 mm LED video technology. Daktronics’ LED video line combines world-class image processing, high contrast, and consistent brightness and color to bring stunning HD-quality video to Westfield’s properties: Los Angeles’ Westfield Topanga, Westfield San Francisco Centre, New Jersey’s Garden State Plaza, and Chicago’s Westfield Old Orchard. The double-sided displays in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New Jersey measure 18 feet high by 13 feet wide and rotate 360-degrees to deliver maximum visual impact. The single-sided, stationary outdoor display in Chicago also measures 18 feet high by 13 feet wide.
“We believe that our large format Digital Spectacular Displays are a first in U.S. shopping centers, and therefore makes Westfield the current benchmark of technological innovation,” said David Askew, SVP, Westfield Media Group. “Given Daktronics’ history as a premier LED display supplier and our initial work with them across our Australian properties, they were the clear choice to help us successfully deploy our vision for an iconic, versatile, digital content platform that accommodates live information, video feeds, interactivity, and advertising segments.”
The screens play an 8-minute loop, comprised of 50% advertising with 15-second spots, 25% mall marketing, and 25% news feeds, sports, and weather. Advertisers may also purchase one-side domination.
All displays are controlled with Daktronics VisiconnSM display management solution which allows users to run their displays from any Internet-ready computer. With the ability to integrate multiple display technologies (LED, LCD and others), the Visiconn system is the ideal solution for controlling display networks. The technology offers the capability for the clients of Westfield to quickly create and display messages and graphics on the LED displays, allowing advertisers to better target their content to the audience at a particular location or certain time of day.
In March of this year, Daktronics helped Westfield Group in Australia launch a similar Digital Spectacular Network in six of its prime shopping centers.
More information about Daktronics video displays can be found at: www.daktronics.com/shoppingcenters
About Daktronics
Daktronics has strong leadership positions in, and is the world’s largest supplier of, computer-programmable displays, large screen video displays, digital billboards, electronic scoreboards and control systems. The company excels in the control of large display systems, including those that require integration of multiple complex displays showing real-time information, graphics, animation and video. Daktronics designs, manufactures, markets and services display systems for customers around the world, in sport, business and transportation applications.
For more information, visit the company’s World Wide Web site at: http://www.daktronics.com/commercial or e-mail the company at commercial [at] daktronics.com, call (605) 692-0200 ext. 56219 or toll-free (800) 325-8766 in the United States or write to the company at 201 Daktronics Drive PO Box 5128 Brookings, S.D. 57006-5128.
For more information contact:
MEDIA RELATIONS
Julia Angerhofer
Commercial Marketing
tel (605) 692-0200 Ext. 56779
e-mail Julia.Angerhofer [at] daktronics.com
Source: Daktronics
